WHY DOES THE CHURCH KEEP FIGHTING?

Why does the church keep fighting? What is the main cause of church disputes and divisions to date? None other than pride still dominates the hearts of Christians. Essentially pride is one form of self-fulfilling manifestation. Therefore pride must be destroyed. How to? We can imitate the psalmist.

Through the first verses and the last verses of this Psalm, the psalmist chants his beautiful admiration to God in which the glorious name of God is exalted. This admiration to God is difficult to express so that the psalmist can only express in the words 'O Lord, our Lord'. We need not be surprised because there is no sense that can measure and no tongue can declare, even if only half of God's greatness.

Why is the psalmist so amazed at the greatness of God? For the greatness of God can be seen not only from what is in the heavens above but also on the earth beneath, especially from the creatures that are considered the weakest of babies and suckling children. God's extraordinary care for them is seen when God turns a mother's blood into milk and gives babies the ability to suckle. Through it all God nourishes and cultivates.

A true recognition of God's greatness, leading man to the awareness of his helplessness and inadequacy (1 Peter 2: 4-5). The recognition of the greatness of God will lead man to find his true identity before God and among other created beings. If now human beings possess the highest abilities, authority and position in the world, they are merely the grace of God (1Peter 2: 6-9).